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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *[[AD 98|98]] – [[Nerva]], Roman emperor (b. 35) * [[457]] – [[Marcian]], Byzantine emperor (b. 392) * [[555]] – [[Emperor Yuan of Liang|Yuan Di]], emperor of the Liang Dynasty (b. 508) * [[672]] – [[Pope Vitalian]] * [[847]] – [[Pope Sergius II]] (b. 790) * [[906]] – [[Liu Can (Tang dynasty)|Liu Can]], [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty|chancellor of the Tang Dynasty]] * [[931]] – [[Ruotger of Trier|Ruotger]], archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Trier|Trier]] * [[947]] – [[Zhang Yanze]], Chinese general and governor *[[1062]] – [[Adelaide of Hungary]], (b. c. 1040) *[[1311]] – [[Külüg Khan, Emperor Wuzong of Yuan]] *[[1377]] – [[Frederick the Simple]], King of Sicily *[[1490]] – [[Ashikaga Yoshimasa]], Japanese shōgun (b. 1435) *[[1504]] – [[Ludovico II, Marquess of Saluzzo]] (b. 1438) *[[1540]] – [[Angela Merici]], Italian educator and saint, founded the [[Company of St. Ursula]] (b. 1474) *[[1592]] – [[Gian Paolo Lomazzo]], Italian painter (b. 1538) *[[1596]] – [[Francis Drake]], English captain and explorer (b. 1540) ===1601–1900=== *[[1629]] – [[Hieronymus Praetorius]], German organist and composer (b. 1560) *[[1638]] – [[Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses]], Spanish author and poet (b. 1585) *[[1651]] – [[Abraham Bloemaert]], Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1566) *[[1688]] – [[Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang]] of China (b. 1613)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sr |first1=Arthur W. Hummel |title=Eminent Chinese of the Qing Period: 1644-1911/2 |date=1 January 2018 |publisher=Berkshire Publishing Group |isbn=978-1-61472-849-8 |page=705 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Ge9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA705 |language=en |access-date=19 March 2023 |archive-date=18 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318191515/https://books.google.com/books?id=6Ge9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA705 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1689]] – [[Robert Aske (merchant)|Robert Aske]], English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1619) *[[1731]] – [[Bartolomeo Cristofori]], Italian instrument maker, invented the [[piano]] (b. 1655) *[[1733]] – [[Thomas Woolston]], English theologian and author (b. 1669) *[[1740]] – [[Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon]] (b. 1692) *[[1770]] – [[Philippe Macquer]], French historian (b. 1720) *[[1794]] – [[Antoine Philippe de La Trémoille]], French general (b. 1765) *[[1812]] – [[John Perkins (Royal Navy officer)|John Perkins]], Anglo-Jamaican captain *[[1814]] – [[Johann Gottlieb Fichte]], German philosopher and academic (b. 1762) *[[1816]] – [[Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood]], English admiral and politician (b. 1724) *[[1851]] – [[John James Audubon]], French-American ornithologist and painter (b. 1789) *[[1852]] – [[Paavo Ruotsalainen]], Finnish farmer and lay preacher (b. 1777)<ref>[https://www.aholansaari.fi/paavo-ruotsalainen/ Paavo Ruotsalainen – Aholansaari] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130171934/https://www.aholansaari.fi/paavo-ruotsalainen/ |date=2020-11-30 }} (in Finnish)</ref> *[[1860]] – [[János Bolyai]], Romanian-Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1802) *[[1873]] – [[Adam Sedgwick]], British geologist, Anglican priest and doctoral advisor to [[Charles Darwin]] (b. 1785)<ref name="Elvin 2022">{{cite web | last=Elvin | first=Thea | title=This week in scientific history – the death of Sedgwick | website=Varsity Online | date=2022-12-15 | url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/science/16904 | access-date=2022-12-15 | archive-date=2022-12-15 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215165116/https://www.varsity.co.uk/science/16904 | url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1880]] – [[Edward Middleton Barry]], English architect and academic, co-designed the [[Halifax Town Hall]] and the [[Royal Opera House, Valletta|Royal Opera House]] (b. 1830) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Giuseppe Verdi]], Italian composer (b. 1813) *[[1910]] – [[Thomas Crapper]], English plumber and businessman (b. 1836) *[[1917]] – [[Ernst Sars]], Norwegian historian (b. 1835)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Ernst Sars |first1=Narve |last1=Fulsås |first2=Tor Ragnar |last2=Weidling |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=21 March 2024 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Ernst_Sars |language=no|access-date=23 March 2024}}</ref> *[[1919]] – [[Endre Ady]], Hungarian poet and journalist (b. 1877) *[[1921]] – [[Maurice Buckley]], Australian sergeant (b. 1891) *[[1922]] – [[Nellie Bly]], American journalist and author (b. 1864)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|editor=Commire, Anne|title=Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia|volume=14|year=2002|publisher=Yorkin Publications, Gale Group|location=Waterford|isbn=978-0-78764-073-6|page=65}}</ref> *[[1927]] – [[Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius]], Lithuanian bishop (b. 1871) *[[1931]] – [[Nishinoumi Kajirō II]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 25th [[Yokozuna (sumo)|Yokozuna]] (b. 1880) *[[1940]] – [[Isaac Babel]], Russian short story writer, journalist, and playwright (b. 1894) *[[1942]] – [[Kaarel Eenpalu]], Estonian journalist and politician, [[Prime Minister of Estonia]] (b. 1888) *[[1951]] – [[Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim]], Finnish field marshal and politician, 6th [[President of Finland]] (b. 1867) *[[1956]] – [[Erich Kleiber]], Austrian conductor and director (b. 1890) *[[1961]] – [[Bernard Friedberg]], Austrian scholar and author (b. 1876) *[[1963]] – [[John Farrow]], Australian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1904) *[[1965]] – [[Abraham Walkowitz]], American painter (b. 1878) *[[1967]] – crew of [[Apollo 1]] ** [[Roger B. Chaffee]], American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1935)<ref>{{cite web |title=Roger B. Chaffee {{!}} American astronaut |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Roger-B-Chaffee |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 January 2021 |language=en |archive-date=29 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129031135/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Roger-B-Chaffee |url-status=live }}</ref> ** [[Gus Grissom]], American pilot and astronaut (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite web |title=Virgil I. Grissom {{!}} American astronaut |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Virgil-I-Grissom |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 January 2021 |language=en |archive-date=28 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128055737/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Virgil-I-Grissom |url-status=live }}</ref> ** [[Ed White (astronaut)|Ed White]], American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite web |title=Edward H. White II {{!}} American astronaut |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edward-H-White-II |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 January 2021 |language=en |archive-date=15 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515011632/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edward-H-White-II |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1967 – [[Alphonse Juin]], Algerian-French general (b. 1888) *[[1970]] – [[Rocco D'Assunta]], Italian actor, comedian and playwright (b. 1904) * 1970 – [[Marietta Blau]], Austrian physicist and academic (b. 1894)<ref>{{cite book|first=Leopold E.|last=Halpen|chapter=Marietta Blau|editor-first1=Marelene F.|editor-last1=Rayner-Canham|editor-first2=Geoffrey|editor-last2=Rayner-Canham|title=A Devotion to Their Science: Pioneer Women of Radioactivity|location=Montréal|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press|year=1997|isbn=978-0-77351-642-7|page=203}}</ref> *[[1971]] – [[Jacobo Árbenz]], Guatemalan captain and politician, [[President of Guatemala]] (b. 1913) *[[1972]] – [[Mahalia Jackson]], American singer (b. 1911) *[[1973]] – [[William Nolde]], American colonel (b. 1929) *[[1974]] – [[Georgios Grivas]], Cypriot general (b. 1898) *[[1975]] – [[Bill Walsh (producer)|Bill Walsh]], American screenwriter and producer (b. 1913) *[[1979]] – [[Victoria Ocampo]]. Argentine writer (b. 1890)<ref>{{cite book|first=Tracy|last=Chevalier|title=Encyclopedia of the Essay|location=London|publisher=Routledge|year=2016|page=612|isbn=978-1-88496-430-5}}</ref> *[[1982]] – [[Trần Văn Hương]], South Vietnamese politician, 3rd [[President of the Republic of Vietnam|President of South Vietnam]], 3rd [[Leaders of South Vietnam#Vice Presidents|Vice President of South Vietnam]], and 3rd [[Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam|Prime Minister of South Vietnam]] (b. 1902)<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www-bbc-com.translate.goog/vietnamese/forum-56891301?_x_tr_sl=vi&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc | title=April 30: Recalling the life of the late President of the Republic of Vietnam Trần Văn Hương | work=BBC | author=Nguyen Quang Duy | date=2021-04-27 | access-date=2022-07-28 | archive-date=2022-07-28 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728082233/https://www-bbc-com.translate.goog/vietnamese/forum-56891301?_x_tr_sl=vi&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc | url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1983]] – [[Louis de Funès]], French actor and screenwriter (b. 1914) *[[1986]] – [[Lilli Palmer]], German-American actress (b. 1914) *[[1987]] – [[Norman McLaren]], Scottish-Canadian animator and director (b. 1914) *[[1988]] – [[Massa Makan Diabaté]], Malian historian, author, and playwright (b. 1938) *[[1989]] – [[Thomas Sopwith]], English ice hockey player and pilot (b. 1888) *[[1993]] – [[André the Giant]], French professional wrestler and actor (b. 1946) *[[1994]] – [[Claude Akins]], American actor (b. 1918) *[[1996]] – [[Ralph Yarborough]], American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1903) *[[2000]] – [[Friedrich Gulda]], Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1930) *[[2003]] – [[Henryk Jabłoński]], Polish historian and politician, [[President of Poland]] (b. 1909) *[[2004]] – [[Salvador Laurel]], Filipino lawyer and politician, 10th [[Vice President of the Philippines]] (b. 1928) * 2004 – [[Jack Paar]], American talk show host and author (b. 1918) *[[2006]] – [[Gene McFadden]], American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1948) * 2006 – [[Johannes Rau]], German journalist and politician, 8th [[President of Germany]] (b. 1931) *[[2007]] – [[Yang Chuan-kwang]], Taiwanese decathlete, long jumper, and hurdler (b. 1933) *[[2008]] – [[Suharto]], Indonesian general and politician, 2nd [[President of Indonesia]] (b. 1921) * 2008 – [[Gordon B. Hinckley]], American religious leader and author, 15th [[President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (b. 1910) * 2008 – [[Louie Welch]], American businessman and politician, 54th [[List of mayors of Houston|Mayor of Houston]] (b. 1918) *[[2009]] – [[John Updike]], American novelist, short story writer, and critic (b. 1932) * 2009 – [[R. Venkataraman]], Indian lawyer and politician, 8th [[President of India]] (b. 1910) *[[2010]] – [[Zelda Rubinstein]], American actress (b. 1933) * 2010 – [[J. D. Salinger]], American soldier and author (b. 1919) * 2010 – [[Howard Zinn]], American historian, author, and activist (b. 1922) *[[2011]] – [[Charlie Callas]], American comedian and musician (b. 1927) *[[2012]] – [[Greg Cook]], American football player and sportscaster (b. 1946) * 2012 – [[Ted Dicks]], English composer and screenwriter (b. 1928) * 2012 – [[Jeannette Hamby]], American nurse and politician (b. 1933) * 2012 – [[Kevin White (mayor)|Kevin White]], American politician, 51st [[Mayor of Boston]] (b. 1929) *[[2013]] – [[Ivan Bodiul]], Ukrainian-Russian politician (b. 1918) * 2013 – [[Stanley Karnow]], American journalist and historian (b. 1925) *[[2014]] – [[Pete Seeger]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist and activist (b. 1919) * 2014 – [[Epimaco Velasco]], Filipino lawyer and politician, [[Governor of Cavite]] (b. 1935) * 2014 – [[Paul Zorner]], German soldier and pilot (b. 1920) *[[2015]] – [[Rocky Bridges]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1927) * 2015 – [[David Landau (journalist)|David Landau]], English-Israeli journalist (b. 1947) * 2015 – [[Joseph Rotman]], Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1935) * 2015 – [[Charles Hard Townes]], American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1915) * 2015 – [[Larry Winters]], American wrestler and trainer (b. 1956) *[[2016]] – [[Carlos Loyzaga]], Filipino basketball player and coach (b. 1930) *[[2017]] – [[Emmanuelle Riva]], French actress (b. 1927) * 2017 – [[Arthur H. Rosenfeld]], American physicist (b. 1926) *[[2018]] – [[Ingvar Kamprad]], Founder of [[IKEA]] (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite news|last1=McFadden|first1=Robert D.|title=Ingvar Kamprad, Founder of Ikea and Creator of a Global Empire, Dies at 91|url=https://nyti.ms/2GmrvOy|access-date=29 January 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=28 January 2018|archive-date=24 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924133352/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/28/obituaries/ingvar-kamprad-dies.html?smid=pl-share|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2018 – [[Mort Walker]], American cartoonist (b. 1923)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/27/obituaries/mort-walker-dead-beetle-bailey-cartoonist.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/27/obituaries/mort-walker-dead-beetle-bailey-cartoonist.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Mort Walker, Creator of 'Beetle Bailey' Comic Strip, Dies at 94|work=The New York Times|date=27 January 2018|author=Goldstein, Richard}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Countess Maya von Schönburg-Glauchau]], German socialite (b. 1958)<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/inhalt.maya-von-schoenburg-glauchau-schwester-von-gloria-von-thurn-und-taxis-ist-tot.ec2f0ab0-29ba-4cda-8bc4-f7388a39765a.html| title = Maya von Schönburg-Glauchau: Schwester von Gloria von Thurn und Taxis ist tot| date = 28 January 2019| website = Abendzeitung| access-date = 29 January 2019| archive-date = 29 January 2019| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190129122736/https://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/inhalt.maya-von-schoenburg-glauchau-schwester-von-gloria-von-thurn-und-taxis-ist-tot.ec2f0ab0-29ba-4cda-8bc4-f7388a39765a.html| url-status = live}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Lina Ben Mhenni]], Tunisian Internet activist and blogger (b. 1983)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Blaise|first=Lilia|date=2020-01-29|title=Lina Ben Mhenni, 36, 'a Tunisian Girl' Who Confronted Regime, Dies|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/29/world/middleeast/lina-ben-mhenni-dead.html|access-date=2021-01-02|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=2021-01-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101130305/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/29/world/middleeast/lina-ben-mhenni-dead.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Cloris Leachman]], American actress and comedian (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Quinn |first1=Dave |title=Cloris Leachman, Oscar Winner and Mary Tyler Moore Show Star, Dies at 94 |url=https://people.com/tv/cloris-leachman-dies/ |publisher=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=28 January 2021 |archive-date=28 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128215156/https://people.com/tv/cloris-leachman-dies/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/arts/television/cloris-leachman-dead.html|title=Cloris Leachman, Oscar Winner and TV Comedy Star, Is Dead at 94|first=Robert|last=Berkvist|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 27, 2021|access-date=January 29, 2021|archive-date=February 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210221173056/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/arts/television/cloris-leachman-dead.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/cloris-leachman-dead/2021/01/27/53863b30-7309-11e7-8f39-eeb7d3a2d304_story.html|title=Cloris Leachman, Oscar-winning actress who played Frau Blücher (neighhh!) in 'Young Frankenstein,' dies at 94|first=Adam|last=Bernstein|via=www.washingtonpost.com|access-date=2021-01-29|archive-date=2021-01-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129120517/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/cloris-leachman-dead/2021/01/27/53863b30-7309-11e7-8f39-eeb7d3a2d304_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Nunuk Nuraini]], Indonesian food scientist (b. 1961)<ref name="Saptoyo">{{cite web |last1=Saptoyo |first1=Rosy Dewi Arianti |last2=Nugroho |first2=Rizal Setyo |title=Nunuk Nuraini, Peracik Bumbu Indomie, Meninggal Dunia |url=https://www.kompas.com/tren/read/2021/01/27/223954065/nunuk-nuraini-peracik-bumbu-indomie-meninggal-dunia?page=all |website=Kompas.com |access-date=14 September 2023 |language=id |date=27 January 2021 |archive-date=17 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230717033001/https://www.kompas.com/tren/read/2021/01/27/223954065/nunuk-nuraini-peracik-bumbu-indomie-meninggal-dunia?page=all |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Andy Devine (English actor)|Andy Devine]], British TV actor (b. 1942)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Andy Devine: Emmerdale actor died after accidental fall, coroner concludes |url=https://news.sky.com/story/andy-devine-emmerdale-actor-died-after-accidental-fall-coroner-concludes-12624791 |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=Sky News |language=en |archive-date=2022-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601141242/https://news.sky.com/story/andy-devine-emmerdale-actor-died-after-accidental-fall-coroner-concludes-12624791 |url-status=live }}</ref> <!-- Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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